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elfwoman en · NOUN

Etymology

From elf + woman.

Meanings

1. A female elf.
   • “Good-wife,” said the miller, “as sure as mill stones run round, that's an elfwoman and that's an elfchild, — or they are the fair resemblances, made by the foul spirit of a mother and bairn, for deceiving thee and me, and bringing us to shame.” 1823 September 1, The Atheneum, or, Spirit of the English Magazines, Boston, page 424, column 1:

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